Rapper DMX Allowed To Play Song In Court, Before Being Sentenced To A Year In Prison
The rapper, real name Earl Simmons, was allowed to play his hit 'Slippin' in court on Wednesday.
Rap star DMX has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion – despite being allowed to play one of his songs to the judge as an attempt at mitigation.
The sentencing comes four months after the 47 year old rapper entered a guilty plea concerning to a charge of tax evasion in November last year. He had entered into a plea bargain, negotiating 14 counts of tax evasion down to just one – therefore minimising his prison sentence from a possible 40 years down to a maximum of five.
However, federal judge Jed Rakoff made accommodation for DMX’s lawyer Murray Richman to play the court his client’s 1998 hit ‘Slippin’, while also relaying the rapper’s rough childhood, according to TMZ.
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